青铜器文化的载体是以青铜为材料的青铜器，古代采用一种非常特殊的工艺(今人称之为青铜铸造工艺)制作出来的器物，青铜器成为古代灿烂文明的载体之一。

中国古代的青铜器文化十分发达，并以制作精良，气魄雄伟、技术高超而著称于世。奴隶主把青铜器作为宴享和放在宗庙里祭祀祖先的礼器。

青铜器是指以青铜为基本原料加工而制成的器皿、用器等。后母戊青铜，古称金或吉金，是红铜与其它化学元素(锡、镍、铅、磷等)的合金，其铜锈呈青绿色，因而得名。青铜是人类历史上的一项伟大发明，是世界冶金铸造史上最早的合金。红铜加入锡、铅，成为一种新的合金，这种合金历经几千年的化学反应，其表面出现一层青灰色的锈，所以今人谓之"青铜"，而古人则将这种合金称之为"金"，文献中所讲"赐金"、"受金"多少，即指青铜。

史学上所称的"青铜时代"是指大量使用青铜工具及青铜礼器的时期。保守的估计，这一时期主要从夏商周直至秦汉，时间跨度约为两千年左右，这也是青铜器从发展、成熟乃至鼎盛的辉煌期。由于青铜器以其独特的器形、精美的纹饰、典雅的铭文向人们揭示了先秦时期的铸造工艺，文化水平和历史源流，因此被史学家们称为"一部活生生的史书"。中国的古文明悠久而又深远，青铜器则是其缩影与再现。

青铜时代(Bronze Age)是由丹麦考古学家G·J·汤姆森首先提出来的人类物质进化史上的分期概念。世界上所有的古老文明都经历了石器时代、铜石并用时代、青铜时代和铁器时代。中国的先民在青铜时代(距今约4000年至2200年)创造了独步世界的青铜文化。

  英文介绍：Bronze Culture is the carrier of bronze as the material for the bronze, the ancient use of a very special technology (now known as bronze casting technology) made of artifacts, bronze has become one of the carrier of ancient splendid civilization. Ancient Chinese bronze culture is very developed, and well-made, magnificent verve, superb technology and known to the world. The slaveholders used the bronze vessels for banquets and sacrifices to their ancestors in their ancestral temples. Bronze ware refers to the vessels and utensils made of bronze as the basic raw material. The latter, bronze, formerly known as gold or Gilt, is an alloy of red copper with other chemical element (tin, nickel, lead, phosphorus, etc.) . Its PATINA is Cyan, hence the name. Bronze is a great invention in the history of mankind. It is the earliest alloy in the history of metallurgy and casting. Red Copper is added to tin and lead to become a new kind of alloy. After thousands of years of chemical reaction, the surface of the alloy is covered with a layer of blue-gray rust, so today people call it "bronze" , but the ancients called this alloy "gold" , the number of "bestow gold" and "receive gold" in the literature refers to bronze. The historical "Bronze Age" refers to the use of a large number of bronze tools and bronze ritual period. Conservative estimates, this period mainly from the Xia, Shang and Zhou to the Qin and Han dynasties, the time span of about two thousand years, this is also the bronze from the development, maturity and even the heyday of the glorious period. The bronze ware is called a living history book by the historians because it reveals the casting technique, the cultural level and the historical origin of the pre-qin period to people with its unique shape, exquisite ornamentation and elegant inscription. Chinese ancient civilization is long and far-reaching, and bronze ware is its epitome and representation. The Bronze Age was first proposed by Danish archaeologist Tomson as a concept of stages in the evolution of human matter. All the ancient civilizations in the world experienced the Stone Age, the Bronze Age, the Bronze Age and the Iron Age. In the Bronze Age (about 4000-2200 years ago) , China's ancestors created a unique bronze culture in the world.